Why do you all choose to use the "sunday missal" instead of the Bible?
2007-10-15 07:35:51 · 11 answers · asked by ARIZONA 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
P.S. I am an ex-catholic....
2007-10-15 07:45:08 · update #1
Last week in my bible study group we talked about this. We listen to the word of God from the priest and lecture's because this is the way Jesus taught, orally. And I have noticed that I get a better understanding and can meditate on the word better when I hear it, then when I read it myself.
2007-10-15 07:42:51 · answer #1 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
If you are really an ex-Catholic, you apparently never paid too much attention.
The Sunday Missal includes readings from Scripture. There are extensive readings from the Bible during Sunday Mass -- one each from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the New Testament Epistles, and one of the Gospels. And that's just the Liturgy of the Word. In the Liturgy of the Eucharist, there are more passages from Scripture quoted word-for-word.
Why don't you try visiting a Catholic Mass next Sunday and this time, take a notepad and pencil and your Bible and count up all the Scripture read? Compare it to what you usually hear at your current church. I guarantee you, the Catholic Mass is equally or more Biblical than wherever you are going now.
2007-10-15 07:55:11 · answer #2 · answered by sparki777 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The Sunday Missal contains all of the prayers and Scripture readings for the Mass. It is done for convenience so people can read along with what the priest is praying and proclaiming.
Not all Catholic Churches have a Sunday Missal.
2007-10-15 07:43:51 · answer #3 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The Sunday Missal has readings and prayers taken directly from the Bible. It is much easier to have the readings printed for that day than to have to look through a Bible for them.
2007-10-16 07:10:51 · answer #4 · answered by wyldfyr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The missal contains the daily readings from the Bible, using the same words for every person, rather than having 5 or 6 different versions of the Bible only one Word.
2007-10-15 07:42:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
well, seeing as how the Sunday Missal has Bible readings in it are you saying you do not like God's word in the Scriptures?
2007-10-15 08:03:41 · answer #6 · answered by Midge 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it has the Bible verses in it for that Sunday's Mass.
It's nice because we have all three readings, as well as responsible psalm already organized for us.
I was a Protestant for 30 years. You bring you Bible because during the sermon the pastor may refer to many different verses all over the Bible. For many churches, the congregation has no idea which verses he/she is going to preach on, so you need your Bible. The Catholic Church offers Mass every day, around the world all Catholic Churches are reading the same scriptures each day.
The Catholic Church's readings for every day of the year are known in advance and can therefore be organized into a book specifically for following along.
2007-10-15 08:06:49 · answer #7 · answered by Misty 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We have four Bible readings at every Sunday Mass and three at weekday Masses.
+ First Reading - usually from the Old Testament
+ A Psalm is prayed by all
+ Second Reading - usually from a New Testament Epistle
+ Gospel Reading
+ Then the priest bring them all together and helps us apply them to our lives in the homily
Every single Catholic Church in the world proclaims the same Holy Scriptures everyday.
Here is a website that shows the daily readings: http://www.usccb.org/nab/index.shtml
With love in Christ.
2007-10-15 19:02:58 · answer #8 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
We use the missal at Mass, and at home to know what the Mass readings will be.
Otherwise, we read the Bible. NAB, KJV, NIV, Douay-Rheims, and RSV are currently what I study from. Daily. Extensively. Have done so for 30 years or more.
Do you think that perhaps your question is teeny bit over-generalized?
2007-10-15 09:38:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You may, if you get past your prejudices, see that everything the Catholic Church does is in accordance with the Bible. Someday you may see this.
2007-10-15 07:41:12 · answer #10 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋